Healthcare IT News August 29, 2023
The healthcare giant will expand its work with Google to help automate workflows and streamline documentation for ED physicians, among other initial use cases.
HCA Healthcare and Google Cloud on Tuesday said they’re working together to use generative AI to improve clinical workflows and reduce the burden of time-consuming documentation.
ON THE RECORD
The work started with a pilot program that launched a few months back, focused on about 75 emergency room physicians at four HCA Healthcare hospitals. They were given access to Google’s AI technology to help them more easily document key medical information from conversations during patient visits.
The pilot also involved Augmedix, which develops tools and technologies around ambient medical documentation.
Physicians use an Augmedix app on a...